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Nuclear power is set to disappoint, again: Kemp
2014-01-21 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nuclear power is the energy dream that refuses to die, despite serious accidents at Windscale (1957), Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011). Many of the arguments that were employed in favour of nuclear in the 1950s and 1960s as a solution to oil supplies running out are now being resurrected in favour of nuclear as a solution to climate change. But the promise of safe, clean and reasonably priced nuclear power seems as far away now as it was 60 years ago. We are still...
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South Korea cuts future reliance on nuclear power but new plants likely
2014-01-14 04:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: South Korea has revised down its future reliance on nuclear power, although growing energy demand and the shutdown of aging reactors mean it is still likely to need more nuclear-fired plants over the coming two decades. Asia's fourth-largest economy has been under pressure to curb its use of nuclear power in the wake of a safety scandal that led to the shutdown of some nuclear reactors to replace parts supplied with fake safety certificates. The energy ministry said on Tuesday it has changed...
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Chinas Ningde 2 nuclear power station becomes operational
2014-01-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) has started power generation of unit two at the Ningde nuclear power station in Fujian Province.
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UK nuclear power 'too expensive'
2013-12-16 04:39:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Buying power from the new Hinkley C nuclear generator will be too expensive, the boss of one of the UK's biggest energy consumers says.
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L-3 MAPPS wins full scope simulator contract for Tihange 1 nuclear power plant in Belgium
2013-12-11 01:00:00| Power Technology
L-3 Communications MAPPS (L-3 MAPPS) has secured a contract from Electrabel to supply a full scope operator training simulator for the Tihange 1 nuclear power plant in Belgium.
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